Robert Burchfield

2.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
29 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Robert Burchfield is a scholar working on Language and Linguistics, Molecular Biology and Linguistics and Language. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert Burchfield has authored 29 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Language and Linguistics, 2 papers in Molecular Biology and 2 papers in Linguistics and Language. Recurrent topics in Robert Burchfield's work include Lexicography and Language Studies (10 papers), Linguistics, Language Diversity, and Identity (4 papers) and Linguistic Variation and Morphology (2 papers). Robert Burchfield is often cited by papers focused on Lexicography and Language Studies (10 papers), Linguistics, Language Diversity, and Identity (4 papers) and Linguistic Variation and Morphology (2 papers). Robert Burchfield collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom and United States. Robert Burchfield's co-authors include H. W. Fowler, Fred C. Robinson, E. G. Stanley, T. K. ELZEY, W. H. W. LUNN, Jeffrey L. Kallen, Laurie Bauer, Alan R. Thomas, Ossi Ihalainen and G. W. Turner and has published in prestigious journals such as Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, Tetrahedron Letters and The Modern Language Review.

In The Last Decade

Robert Burchfield

26 papers receiving 1.3k citations

Hit Papers

Frequency Analysis of English Usage: Lexicon and Grammar.... 1985 2026 1998 2012 1985 250 500 750 1000
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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Frequency Analysis of English Usage: Lexicon and Grammar. By W. Nelson Francis and Henry Kučera with the assistance of Andrew W. Mackie. Boston: Houghton Mifflin. 1982. x + 561
    1985 1.1k citations Robert Burchfield profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Robert Burchfield United Kingdom 11 779 587 318 292 281 29 1.5k
John Neil Bohannon United States 14 540 0.7× 982 1.7× 370 1.2× 292 1.0× 216 0.8× 30 1.5k
Gerard Kempen Netherlands 19 1.3k 1.7× 1.1k 1.9× 525 1.7× 584 2.0× 589 2.1× 92 2.1k
Marcia C. Linebarger United States 15 891 1.1× 762 1.3× 214 0.7× 471 1.6× 350 1.2× 38 1.5k
Moshe Anisfeld United States 19 503 0.6× 715 1.2× 381 1.2× 303 1.0× 183 0.7× 45 1.4k
Helen Smith Cairns United States 21 1.5k 1.9× 1.7k 2.9× 778 2.4× 572 2.0× 359 1.3× 51 2.6k
Michael T. Motley United States 21 564 0.7× 391 0.7× 513 1.6× 304 1.0× 183 0.7× 39 1.4k
Virginia M. Holmes Australia 21 880 1.1× 1.1k 1.9× 304 1.0× 307 1.1× 244 0.9× 46 1.5k
Michael P Maratsos United States 28 676 0.9× 2.0k 3.4× 565 1.8× 872 3.0× 370 1.3× 59 2.7k
Betty Ann Levy Canada 30 1.4k 1.8× 2.1k 3.6× 556 1.7× 160 0.5× 355 1.3× 58 2.9k
Katsuo Tamaoka Japan 17 454 0.6× 550 0.9× 276 0.9× 252 0.9× 145 0.5× 96 974

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All Works

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Fowler, H. W. & Robert Burchfield. (2004). Fowler's modern English usage. Oxford University Press eBooks. 42 indexed citations
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Burchfield, Robert. (1998). What's a parameter?. BMJ. 316(7148). 1877.2–1877.2. 1 indexed citations
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Burchfield, Robert. (1994). English in Britain and overseas : origins and development. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 7 indexed citations
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Burchfield, Robert. (1992). BudaLEX Presidential Debate 1988: Part 1. International Journal of Lexicography. 5(4). 246–251. 1 indexed citations
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Burchfield, Robert. (1992). Points of View: Aspects of Present-Day English. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 2 indexed citations
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Robinson, Fred C. & Robert Burchfield. (1990). Studies in Lexicography. The Yearbook of English Studies. 20. 209–209. 14 indexed citations
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Burchfield, Robert, et al.. (1988). Words : for Robert Burchfield's sixty-fifth birthday. 20 indexed citations
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Burchfield, Robert. (1987). The Compact edition of the Oxford English dictionary : complete text reproduced micrographically. Oxford University Press eBooks. 26 indexed citations
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Burchfield, Robert. (1987). A Supplement to the Oxford English dictionary volumes I-IV. Clarendon Press eBooks. 18 indexed citations
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Burchfield, Robert. (1986). The New Zealand pocket Oxford dictionary. Oxford University Press eBooks. 4 indexed citations
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Burchfield, Robert, et al.. (1981). Miscellaneous Reports on Iowa Archaeology.
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Burchfield, Robert, et al.. (1980). Cephalosporanic acids: a new look at reactions at the C-3' position. Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences. 289(1036). 173–179. 6 indexed citations
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LUNN, W. H. W., et al.. (1974). Cleavage of 7α-methoxycephalosporin c derivatives with phosphorus pentachloride. Tetrahedron Letters. 15(14). 1307–1310. 10 indexed citations
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Burchfield, Robert. (1973). Four Letter Words and the O.E.D.. 8 indexed citations
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Burchfield, Robert. (1973). THE TREATMENT OF CONTROVERSIAL VOCABULARY IN THE OXFORD ENGLISH DICTIONARY. Transactions of the Philological Society. 72(1). 1–28. 5 indexed citations
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Burchfield, Robert. (1973). DATA COLLECTING AND RESEARCH. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 211(1). 99–103. 3 indexed citations
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Pyles, Thomas & Robert Burchfield. (1971). The Porn Is Green. American Speech. 46(3/4). 237–237. 1 indexed citations
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Francis, W. Nelson & Robert Burchfield. (1965). The English language,: An introduction; background for writing. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 1 indexed citations
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Burchfield, Robert. (1965). The English Language. Americanae (AECID Library). 34 indexed citations
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Burchfield, Robert. (1956). THE LANGUAGE AND ORTHOGRAPHY OF THE ORMULUM MS.1. Transactions of the Philological Society. 55(1). 56–87. 10 indexed citations

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